Eating Authors: Christian Klaver
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It should come as no surprise that the guests here at EATING AUTHORS fall into one of three categories: 1) writers I personally know and can merrily harangue until they send me a few hundred words about a meal; 2) writers I don’t know, but who strike me as approachable enough (and hey, why else do I have that SFWA Membership Directory, right?); and 3) writers I don’t know but have recently met at a convention and figure, what the heck, let’s give it a shot!
Today’s guest, Christian Klaver, falls into that last category. Our pre-destined meeting occurred last January when I was in Detroit for that year’s incarnation of ConFusion, and the gods of programming put us on a panel together. I had a great time, and Christian was part of what made it great, so naturally I reached out to him, and though it’s taken awhile for our respective schedules to mess, here he is!
Christian has been writing his own take on Sherlock Holmes, and represents the first author I’ve had on this feature (at least to my knowledge) to publish and market his work via Amazon Digital Services, Inc. It takes a lot of chutzpah (what the Klingons would call butlh) to write such a beloved character as Holmes, let alone throw Dracula into the mix, but that’s just what he does. Chutzpah, and a good breakfast.
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